22 Vetala-s |
Tehuacan 21 |
8. "Pinnacle", a city; |
p. 9, # 1 pinnacle from |
layers of quilts |
blanket |
7. "Black-wheel"; |
# 2 black Topiltzin |
submersion of |
p. 64, # 3 in pool, |
king of |
man eating faeces |
"Copper City" |
(= gold of gods) |
6. "White" as laundryman |
p. 64, # 4 white banner |
5. "Smoke-tail"; |
p. 11, # 5 feather-tail; |
man in flying chariot |
human (arms) in bird |
4. hail-storm of goddess |
p. 11, # 6 storm-breath of goddess |
3. dead lover biting |
# 7 sharp-toothed Tlaloc |
1. three-pronged fork is |
p. 12, # 8 spear |
heated in fire |
p. 13, # 9 fire-god |
22. at "the city of Death" |
p. 70, # 10 death-god; |
king is murdered, his widow |
murder of man by his |
fleeing to lotus-pond |
being thrust under water |
21. Pradyumna [who was found |
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within a caught fish] |
p. 13, # 11 a fish being caught |
20. mechanical lion is built |
p. 13, # 12 mountain-lion |
p. 12, # 13 Ixquimilli [punisher |
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19. intention for adultery |
of adultery] |
18. Kanwa [according to Veda, |
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deity of abortion] |
p. 12, # 14 goddess of prostitution |
p. 11, # 15 being swallowed |
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17. forgot own life-experiences |
[emblematic of forgetfulness ?] |
16. woman is misdescribed as |
p. 11, # 16 goddess appearing to be |
having bad qualities, but |
monstrous, but |
actually beautiful |
actually a butterfly |
15. mountain formed of |
p. 65, # 16 [17] geologic strata (?); |
bones of dead serpents |
dismembered snake |
14. elephant [for spraying water, |
p. 64, # 17 [18] water-tubes; |
in Ajivika scheme] from which |
wearing of pendant (as |
hero is rescuer |
badge of merit ?) |
13. woman named |
p. 63, # 18 [19] goddess wearing |
"Pearl" |
shawl of white spheres (pearls ?) |
12. "the blazing sun" for |
p. 9, # 19 sun-god |
Hari-swami [hari is "day" |
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in Iban] |
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11. "seed of fate ... |
p. 62, # 19 [20] seeds beneath |
'tis strange" |
twisted frame |
10. the sound of pestles |
p. 9, # 20 pestle being broken |
9. suits of clothing were made, |
p. 61, # 20 [21] peculiar clothing |
one suit being given to god |
is worn by god Xipe Totec |
Arthur W. Ryder (transl.): |
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Twenty-Two Goblins. |
Codex Borgia |
J. M. Dent & Sons, 1917 |